Population in Myanmar compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Myanmar and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Sierra Leone	Myanmar	Sierra Leone
1960	21,730,250	2,268,356	-	-
1961	22,210,581	2,304,227	2.21%	1.58%
1962	22,704,719	2,342,242	2.22%	1.65%
1963	23,213,408	2,382,258	2.24%	1.71%
1964	23,737,315	2,424,390	2.26%	1.77%
1965	24,279,431	2,468,666	2.28%	1.83%
1966	24,836,496	2,514,638	2.29%	1.86%
1967	25,406,429	2,562,384	2.29%	1.9%
1968	25,989,662	2,611,532	2.3%	1.92%
1969	26,585,112	2,661,365	2.29%	1.91%
1970	27,193,016	2,712,286	2.29%	1.91%
1971	27,807,219	2,763,222	2.26%	1.88%
1972	28,428,324	2,814,388	2.23%	1.85%
1973	29,026,388	2,866,955	2.1%	1.87%
1974	29,598,167	2,920,459	1.97%	1.87%
1975	30,176,565	2,974,657	1.95%	1.86%
1976	30,758,811	3,028,820	1.93%	1.82%
1977	31,355,966	3,085,354	1.94%	1.87%
1978	31,972,976	3,145,517	1.97%	1.95%
1979	32,596,550	3,207,499	1.95%	1.97%
1980	33,227,204	3,272,089	1.93%	2.01%
1981	33,858,783	3,338,940	1.9%	2.04%
1982	34,482,965	3,408,183	1.84%	2.07%
1983	35,162,715	3,481,646	1.97%	2.16%
1984	35,899,313	3,558,758	2.09%	2.21%
1985	36,622,827	3,638,438	2.02%	2.24%
1986	37,314,878	3,728,380	1.89%	2.47%
1987	37,971,594	3,829,718	1.76%	2.72%
1988	38,600,927	3,934,517	1.66%	2.74%
1989	39,214,618	4,034,037	1.59%	2.53%
1990	39,817,251	4,196,828	1.54%	4.04%
1991	40,394,154	4,246,267	1.45%	1.18%
1992	40,950,342	4,166,366	1.38%	-1.88%
1993	41,502,429	4,157,130	1.35%	-0.22%
1994	42,055,143	4,173,105	1.33%	0.38%
1995	42,605,338	4,179,179	1.31%	0.15%
1996	43,154,860	4,199,210	1.29%	0.48%
1997	43,708,798	4,253,716	1.28%	1.3%
1998	44,257,793	4,295,785	1.26%	0.99%
1999	44,787,724	4,318,043	1.2%	0.52%
2000	45,290,841	4,423,611	1.12%	2.44%
2001	45,771,139	4,692,716	1.06%	6.08%
2002	46,232,653	4,971,435	1.01%	5.94%
2003	46,667,192	5,177,687	0.94%	4.15%
2004	47,068,772	5,355,717	0.86%	3.44%
2005	47,438,365	5,501,712	0.79%	2.73%
2006	47,785,135	5,624,466	0.73%	2.23%
2007	48,125,043	5,749,352	0.71%	2.22%
2008	48,390,793	5,894,722	0.55%	2.53%
2009	48,660,459	6,055,646	0.56%	2.73%
2010	49,024,382	6,222,714	0.75%	2.76%
2011	49,419,820	6,387,251	0.81%	2.64%
2012	49,837,446	6,551,080	0.85%	2.56%
2013	50,262,658	6,714,051	0.85%	2.49%
2014	50,681,634	6,876,385	0.83%	2.42%
2015	51,089,056	7,037,655	0.8%	2.35%
2016	51,495,696	7,205,328	0.8%	2.38%
2017	51,894,938	7,379,299	0.78%	2.41%
2018	52,272,247	7,554,563	0.73%	2.38%
2019	52,640,713	7,731,991	0.7%	2.35%
2020	53,016,522	7,912,558	0.71%	2.34%
2021	53,387,102	8,094,602	0.7%	2.3%
2022	53,756,787	8,276,807	0.69%	2.25%
2023	54,133,798	8,460,512	0.7%	2.22%
2024	54,500,091	8,642,022	0.68%	2.15%
2025	54,850,652	8,819,789	0.64%	2.06%
2026	55,184,831	8,996,743	0.61%	2.01%
2027	55,502,494	9,174,695	0.58%	1.98%
2028	55,802,778	9,349,021	0.54%	1.9%
2029	56,085,147	9,520,811	0.51%	1.84%
2030	56,351,028	9,694,851	0.47%	1.83%
2031	56,601,632	9,870,295	0.44%	1.81%
2032	56,836,048	10,047,193	0.41%	1.79%
2033	57,054,552	10,221,006	0.38%	1.73%
2034	57,257,183	10,391,485	0.36%	1.67%
2035	57,444,471	10,563,163	0.33%	1.65%
2036	57,616,158	10,734,341	0.3%	1.62%
2037	57,773,912	10,902,263	0.27%	1.56%
2038	57,919,868	11,066,143	0.25%	1.5%
2039	58,052,183	11,230,060	0.23%	1.48%
2040	58,169,863	11,398,391	0.2%	1.5%
2041	58,274,275	11,566,213	0.18%	1.47%
2042	58,365,927	11,728,787	0.16%	1.41%
2043	58,443,291	11,887,934	0.13%	1.36%
2044	58,506,418	12,049,424	0.11%	1.36%
2045	58,558,173	12,208,872	0.09%	1.32%
2046	58,596,775	12,363,446	0.07%	1.27%
2047	58,620,774	12,512,739	0.04%	1.21%
2048	58,632,733	12,659,609	0.02%	1.17%
2049	58,633,128	12,805,136	0.001%	1.15%
2050	58,623,237	12,948,320	-0.02%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Myanmar's population will grow by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people with a rank change from 27th to 35th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.